ANDREW RYAN
Red Hat Australia/New Zealand
Senior Technical Account Manager

Andrew is a Senior Technical Account Manager with Red Hat Australia and is responsible for providing proactive technical support to large enterprise customers. Andrew has held positions of systems administrator, lecturer and analyst/programmer in the education and defence sectors. Andrew graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with bachelor degrees in Engineering (honours) and Applied Science. Andrew is one exam away from being a Red Hat Certified Architect

DANIEL HAND
Red Hat Australia/New Zealand
Senior Technology Consultant

Daniel Hand has a Master of Engineering and Computing Science from University of Oxford and is a consultant with the Red Hat Global Professional Services team for Australia and New Zealand. Daniel has seven years of experience as the technical lead for large, complex infrastructure projects.

HARISH PILLAY
Red Hat Asia Pacific
Manager, Partner Development

Harish Pillay has been with Red Hat Asia Pacific since September 2003 and is currently overseeing the company's Independent Software Vendors (ISV) ecosystem initiatives in Asia Pacific. Harish joined Red Hat from Maringo Tree Technologies, an open source consultancy, training and services company he co-founded in 2002. He has held senior management and technical positions at Brokat Asia, Sembawang Media, CSA Automated and CSA Holdings.

An avid open source activist and commentator, Harish co-founded the Linux Users' Group Singapore (LUGS) in 1993 and is currently its President. He is a senior member of the Singapore Computer Society and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. In 2005, he was inducted into the Oregon State University's Engineering Council of Outstanding Early Career Engineers in recognition of distinction in professional practice and service to the profession and to the society at large. Over the years, he has presented papers and spoken at numerous events such as the IX Asia 2003/2004 in Singapore, Asia Open Source Software Symposium, LinuxWorld Asia in New Delhi, COSGOV in Hanoi and Indian eGov Conference, India.

LUIE MATTHEE
Red Hat Australia/New Zealand
Senior Solution Architect

Luie Matthee is a senior solution architect for Red Hat Australia reponsible for providing technical guidance and leadership to the Red Hat sales department. Luie actively engages enterprise architects to understand critical I.T. requirements and assists in determining the value of Red Hat's offerings within these constraints. Luie regularly presents on Red Hat solutions and value propositions to the community and industry, as part of Red Hat's ongoing education programme. He has more than 10 years of experience as an IT architect where he plans, develops and implements complex enterprise IT solutions. He also solves technical issues, improves service delivery, and drives the business value of technology systems.